The facility has 900 tons of pulverized volcanic rock, akin to lunar soil, laid out over an area just bigger than a ...

This facility, located near Cologne, Germany, features 900 tons of crushed volcanic rock to mimic the lunar surface.

The Moon is Earth’s constant companion, the first skywatching target pointed out to us as children. We watch its face change as the month progresses, and see patterns and pictures in its geological ...

Mining the moon to extract its resources is a critical step on humanity's path into the solar system. One of the most common ...

Taking off no earlier than October 10, the spacecraft will repeatedly buzz Europa in search of water, energy and organic compounds.

Scientists are excited to begin capturing Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as the object is expected to soon be very bright in the ...

Comet A3 will be best viewed in a dark sky away from light pollution from this weekendHere are 25 places in the U.S. where ...

NASA to send astronauts to Mars by 2035, focusing on exploring the planet’s potential for supporting life and gathering crucial scientific data.

NASA already achieved key milestones with the Artemis I mission in November 2022. The first crewed mission, Artemis III, is ...

Is it possible for scientists to recreate the moon on Earth? The answer to this question is being explored by the European ...

Hera mission, which is traveling to asteroid Didymos and its moon Dimorphos as a follow-up to NASA’s Double Asteroid ...

The Southwest Research Institute’s new QuickSounder satellite has its ticket to space set aboard a Cedar Park company’s ...